Phone Comparison - Apple iPhone 4S vs LG L40 vs Alcatel One Touch Fire C

general General Info

Manufacturer Apple LG Alcatel
Announced October 2011 February 2014 February 2014
Status Available - October 2011 Coming Soon - Q1 2014 Coming Soon - Q1 2014
Colors Black, White White, Black Orange
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
109.4 x 59 x 11.9 mm
(4.31 x 2.32 x 0.47 in)
112.2 x 62 x 12 mm
(4.42 x 2.44 x 0.47 in)
Weight 140 g (4.94 oz) 114 g (4.02 oz) 100 g (3.53 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS iOS 5 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat) Firefox OS 1.3
Processor 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset Dual-core 1.2 GHz Dual-core 1.2 GHz
GPU PowerVR SGX543MP2 - -
RAM 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB storage 4 GB 4 GB
External Memory No - microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type LED-backlit IPS TFT TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors capacitive touchscreen - 256K colors
Size 3.5 inches 3.5 inches 3.5 inches
Resolution 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.92% 56.39% 52.32%
Multi-Touch yes yes no

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio No - Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Downloadable, incl. motion-bas Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels VGA, 640x480 pixels
Flash LED flash No No
Features Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR Geo-tagging Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging Yes Yes, VGA@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS - Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML (Safari) HTML HTML

memory User Memory

Call Records 100 received, dialed and missed calls Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM 4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage No - microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1432 mAh 1700/1540 mAh 1300 mAh
Stand by Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
- Up to 433 h (2G)
Up to 325 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
- Up to 6 h 40 min (2G)
Up to 2 h 40 min (3G)